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Barry Diller Regrets Newsweek Buy, Has Low Expectations for NewsBeast

Media
 April 29, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 3 weeks ago

Publishing a print newsmagazine on its own is a "fool's errand," Barry Diller opines

  

Aereo Lawsuit: Networks Seek Re-Hearing After Appeals Court Setback

Television
 April 16, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 5 weeks ago

Networks seek to re-address ruling in Aereo's favor for earlier this month

  

Newsweek/Daily Beast Changes Name to NewsBeast

Media
 February 1, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 16 weeks ago

The Daily Beast absorbs the now tablet-only magazine even more with a name change

  

Barry Diller Sells Shares in TripAdvisor for $300M

Media
 December 11, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 23 weeks ago

Barry Diller sold his 4.8 million shares to John Malone's Liberty Interactive

  

Networks Seek Injunction Against Aereokiller

Media
 November 9, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 28 weeks ago

NBC Universal, ABC, CBS and Fox requested an injunction against the streaming service

  

Barry Diller's Aereo Gets Support of Consumer Electronics Association

Television
 October 29, 2012 By Doug Halonen 29 weeks ago

Consumer Electronics Assn. sides with Barry Diller's fledgling service Aereo in battle with networks

  

Barry Diller on Newsweek's Future: 'We Have No Stars in Our Eyes'

Media
 October 24, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 30 weeks ago

Barry Diller told investors that the transition of Newsweek from print to digital-only will be painful

 

  

Newsweek Passes - Will Other Newsweeklies Follow?

Media
 October 19, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 31 weeks ago

Could Newsweek have pivoted in time for the digital age? If not, then other newsweeklies like Time are probably destined to follow

  

Newsweek Ends Print Edition After 80 Years (Updated)

Media
 October 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 31 weeks ago

Former staffers say that Newsweek was swimming against the tide, but are not optimistic it can reinvent itself as a digital publication

  

Barry Diller, Scott Rudin Team Up on E-Publishing Venture

Media
 September 19, 2012 By Brent Lang 35 weeks ago

New company will be called Brightline and will publish short and long-form fiction and non-fiction

  

New York Times Sells About.com to Barry Diller's IAC for $300M

Media
 August 27, 2012 By Brent Lang 38 weeks ago

The reference site was purchased by the Times Company in 2005 for $410 million

  

Barry Diller Sues Copycat Site BarryDriller.com

Television
 August 22, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 39 weeks ago

Barry Diller alleges that a site bearing a strong resemblance to his name could cause confusion in the marketplace about the Diller-backed service Aereo

  

Barry Diller's IAC Bids $300M for About.com (Report)

Media
 August 21, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 39 weeks ago

Barry Diller's IAC may be trying to buy the content site from the New York Times Company

  

Barry Diller Hints at Online-Only Newsweek, Says Broadcasters Should Embrace Aereo (Updated)

Media
 July 25, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 43 weeks ago

He will also invest "considerably less" money in the news site and its sister newsweekly magazine.

  

Barry Diller's IAC Takes Control of Newsweek Daily Beast

Media
 July 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

The family of Sydney Harman will not invest in the money-losing magazine

  

News Corp. Donates $20M to Motion Picture & Television Fund

Media
 July 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 44 weeks ago

Rupert Murdoch's media empire gives a massive gift to the Hollywood charity's $350 million capital campaign

  

Broadcasters Appeal Judge's Refusal to Shut Down Aereo

Media
 July 12, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 45 weeks ago

A New York judge rejected the television companies' bid to serve Aereo with an injunction

  

Judge Rejects Broadcasters' Bid Against Barry Diller's Aereo (Updated)

Television
 July 11, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 45 weeks ago

The site will continue broadcasting to the New York City area before trial begins

  

Hollywood and Publishing Elite Turn Out to Remember Nora Ephron

Media
 July 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 45 weeks ago

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin were among the notable names attending a memorial service for the late writer-director Nora Ephron

  

Barry Diller Donates $30M to Motion Picture & Television Fund

Media
 June 5, 2012 By Brent Lang 50 weeks ago

The media mogul's contribution will go towards the MPTF's $350 million capital campaign

  

Barry Diller's Aereo Wins Partial Dismissal of Broadcasters' Suit

Media
 May 22, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Digital television company will still have to answer a copyright infringement claim

  

Facing Legal Challenges from Broadcasters, Aereo Launches in New York City

Media
 March 14, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Barry Diller backed digital television company is accused of violating copyright

  

Aereo Countersues Broadcasters in Copyright Dispute

Media
 March 12, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

The Barry Diller-backed TV company Aereo says it has a legal right to capture network broadcast programming via its network of tiny antennas

  

Barry Diller on Aereo's Battle with Broadcasters: Let's Rumble

Television
 March 11, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 year ago

IAC Chairman Barry Diller defends Aereo, the new streaming device broadcasters say will be stealing their content. The services launches Thursday in New York

  

Finances Still a Mess at Newsweek-Daily Beast

Media
 October 31, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

While the Daily Beast may reach profitability, the magazine holds the company back

  

Diller Mocks AOL/HuffPo For Fumbling Its Michael Arrington Situation

Media
 September 14, 2011 By Fred Schruers 1 year ago

The mogul found plenty of time to praise his own IAC enterprises, but scattered snipes at his media competitors as he looked into the future

  
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